Building the Trans Adriatic Pipeline the European Leg of the Southern Gas Corridor Ron Ottaway, Deputy Project Director & Project Manager 50 th IPLOCA Convention TAP linepipe transported in Greece
2 TAP & the Southern Gas Corridor 3,500 km value chain - investment of approx. USD 45 bln
3 TAP Elevation Profile Highest elevation: 1800 m, Potom area in the Albanian mountains Deepest section offshore: 820 m in the strait of Otranto in the Adriatic Sea Can expand from 10 to 20bcm/a 878 km 105 km offshore Built-in physical reverse flow 48 onshore 36 offshore
4 TAP Contractors Early Works Contracts Engineering, Procurement and Construction Company Provided Items Access roads and bridges (Albania) Onshore EPC (Greece & Albania) Onshore line pipes (495km) 1 lot Greece, 2 lots Albania 2 lots Greece Onshore EPC (Italy) Onshore pipes (297km) & bends Offshore line pipes (110km) Offshore EPCI Turbo compressors Large diameter valves Compressor Stations Fittings & scraper traps Isolating joints PRT (Italy) Fibre optic cable
5 TAP in Greece Longest section of TAP is in Greece 550 km 22 block valve stations 2 compressor stations 8 camp sites Construction Inauguration Ceremony on 17 May 2016 10,170 land parcels Crossing 1,693 roads, 722 rivers and 20 railways
6 Greece Construction 2016 Line pipes & bends continue to arrive in the Kavala, Thessaloniki & Alexandroupoli ports Clearing of Right of Way began in the area close to the Greece/Turkish border at the beginning of August Pipe stringing commenced second week of August 32,000 line pipes 323,000 t steel weight 3,200,000 m 3 excavation 170,000 m 2 MMY area
7 TAP in Albania 215 km 8 BVS +1 landfall valve station 2 compressor stations 6 camp sites 90.5% of access roads & bridges (combined progress) completed Crossing 555 roads, 514 rivers and 1 railway (major & minor crossings) 8,700 land plots; 35,000 land owners and users Archeological find: a 40cm limestone column capital, dating back to the 6 th century AD.
8 Albania Construction 2016 Clearing of Right of Way began near Fier early August, heading east. Fier compressor station site preparation start Q3 2016 Bilisht metering station site preparation start Q3 2016 12,000 line pipes 126,000 t steel weight 1,300,000 m 3 excavation 90,000m 2 MMY area
9 Offshore Construction 2017/2018 105 km S-lay installation 820 m water depth 20-34mm steel wall thickness 3D illustration of an offshore pipeline S-laying process 1.5km micro-tunnel in Italy to avoid impact on the beach
10 Italy Construction 2016 8 km 1 landfall valve station 1 pipeline receiving terminal 1.5 km micro tunnel Crossing 15 asphalt roads (major and minor crossings) Offshore surveys (June 2016) Spraying of olive trees (phytosanitary treatment) (July / August 2016). Networking events contractors subcontractors for the pipeline s onshore and offshore sections 190 land plots
11 Health and Safety TAP aim to achieve world class project health and safety performance in our goal to zero incidents Driving continual improvement towards this objective requires TAP and our contractors to work as one team, one project, one TAP Key to this is on boarding our contractors in a consistent manner Exposure Hours Project Life 1 TAP IPMT 988,155 2 Contractors 3,047,019 3 Total 4,035,174 Project KMs Driven 7,595,540 Frequency Rates To date Lost Time Injury (LTIFR) 0.00 Total Recordable Injury (TRIFR) 0,48 HSE statistics to end of July 2016
12 Environmental and Social Management System One concept Current focus on construction and precommissioning Considers lessons learnt from similar projects and industry best practice in addition to commitments made in ESIAs Management system: plan do check amend cycle (in line with ISO 14001) Relevant for lender compliance
13 Ecological Management & Biodiversity Protection Baseline flora & fauna ecological surveys undertaken in order to identify, avoid and protect; 1. Internationally protected ecological sites 2. Vulnerable and internationally protected mammals such as wolf, brown bear, otter and European ground squirrel. 3. Vulnerable and internationally protected bird species during breeding and migrating periods. 4. Important flora species and sensitive habitats Construction schedule designed and planned to consider the major ecological constraints identified
14 Progress on the Ground VIDEO - Access Roads and Bridges Rehabilitation in Albania https://vimeo.com/175832937 Video: https://vimeo.com/175832937
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